Pennsauken woman charged in boyfriend's stabbing death

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PENNSAUKEN, N.J. (KYW Newsradio) — A Camden County woman has been arrested and charged in the fatal stabbing of her boyfriend on Thursday.

Pennsauken police have charged 23-year-old Yamil Cuevas with aggravated manslaughter and weapons offenses. Officials say Cuevas is being held at the Camden County Correctional Facility, pending a pretrial detention hearing.

Police say they responded to a report of a man bleeding on Herbert Avenue near Broad Street. There, they found 20-year-old Charles Blackwell suffering from an apparent stab wound just before 11 a.m. Thursday, after receiving a report of a man bleeding.

Blackwell was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead shortly after noon.

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